Get Started
Now that you have a BirdPress site, here are some helpful tips on how to get started with setting up a good website.
Outline Your Site’s Content
Before you start, take a minute to sketch out the important pieces of your site, like the critical information and the pages you want to include.
Your BirdPress site will come with a set of commonly requested pages, and menus already set up. You can go in and change the names of the pages to what you need, and the menus will reflect those changes. If you change existing page names, also be sure to change the permalink to match the updated name.
If you’re adding a new page, you’ll need to edit the Primary Navigation menu and add the page to the menu if you want it to show in the primary navigation. Remember to save the change to the menu after your edits.
Get to know the new block editor
WordPress introduced a new way to edit content called the Gutenberg Block Editor. The editor is less like a Word document with different blocks for each part of the content.
Before you get started, here are some useful links to help you get used to the new editor:
- WordPress Block Editor official documentation
- WordPress Block Editor: The Ultimate Guide
- How to Use the WordPress Block Editor
- 19 Gutenberg Features You Might Not Be Aware Of (some really great shortcuts and tips to read after you get to know the editor more)
Examples and explanations of the blocks available to you can be found under the The Block Editor menu.
Site Content
Pages
Pages are typically used to create content that are more permanent. For example: About Us is a good candidate for being a page in WordPress.
Posts
Posts can be used as blog posts — make sure you assign categories to them.
Both posts and pages in BirdPress offer a wide range of content options. There are some example posts in this site’s blog to give you some ideas for fancy, rich story layouts:
Another use for posts: if you want a web page for each student in your Lab, you can create them as posts, categorize them as Students, and use the article list block to display this list on a page.
Accessibility
Learn more about making your content web accessible for all users.
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